Tag: Hanes yr Heddlu

Before reading Gangs of St. Louis: Men of Respect by Daniel Waugh, I knew and wrote about Robert Creed and his brother Thomas murdering St. Louis Police Officer George Geisler on Halloween Day 1920. What I didn’t know was Robert Creed was a member of the Cuckoo Gang, an ultra violent criminal organization in the 1920s. Robert Creed was the

On February 22, 1924, unknown suspects took $20,000.00 in American Express Company money orders from the Mercantile Trust Company in Downtown St. Louis. I ddechrau, the American Bankers Association hired private detectives. After the detectives were unable to discover any serious leads, the association turned the case over to the St. Adran Heddlu Louis. When the bank association turned over the

The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, neu 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair as it is more popularly known, is the most significant event in St. Louis, Missouri history. While St. Louis was the largest city west of the Mississippi River, the World’s Fair put it on the international map. While the fair would bring notoriety, tourists and increased revenue to the city,

Ar ddydd Mercher, Mai 9, 1900, yr ail ddiwrnod Sant. Louis Streetcar Streic, bwled sy'n crwydro lladd Frank Liebrecht. Frank Liebrecht, gyn-filwr Rhyfel Sbaeneg-Americanaidd, yn gwylio rali streic ar gornel Finney a N. Taylor Avenue. Yn ystod y rali, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a

George Collins, the second bank robber involved in the Union, MO bank robbery on December 26, 1902, ceisio i ddianc rhag y St. Louis Jail ym mis Ionawr 1904. Ar wahân i weithio gyda'r carcharorion eraill ar wneud twll yn y wal y carchar, bu hefyd yn trefnu gyda gard carchar i gael llifiau smyglo iddo. Collins intended to use

Before he became St. Louis Chief of Detectives in 1890, William Desmond plied his trade as a Detective with the St. Adran Heddlu Metropolitan Louis. During February 1890, Detective Desmond’s persistent efforts to locate two confidence men paid off with the arrest of both men. “Kinch” Keegan and “Thatch” Grady were brother-in-laws and accomplices in several confidence games. Ar Ionawr

During the Gilded Age and for several decades after, St. Louis had the distinction of being the largest city west of the Mississippi River. Pickpockets and thieves rode the rails to ply their illicit trade in the bustling metropolis. On September 21, 1901, hotel employees overpowered a sneak thief, who attempted to burglarize a room in the plush Southern Hotel.

I have always said the St. Louis Streetcar Streic y 1900 was not the story of the evil streetcar companies exploiting the innocent workers. “The innocent workers” committed many deplorable acts during the streetcar strike. One of their most frequent tactics involved stripping woman in public who rode the streetcars during the strike. Amazingly, roedd eu dioddefwyr yn ifanc ac yn ddeniadol

St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond would be primarily responsible for the security of the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair. Prior to the fair opening in April 1904, Desmond played a critical role in St. Louis’ boodling investigation. During his boodling investigation, St. Louis Circuit Attorney Joseph “Holy Joe” Folk indicted City Councilman Charles Kratz for taking bribes or